diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/finance.py b/lib/matplotlib/finance.py
index 6fdd1b6367ec..a7f8dcf3d01f 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/finance.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/finance.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 """
 A collection of functions for collecting, analyzing and plotting
-financial data.   User contributions welcome!
-
-This module is deprecated in 1.4 and will be moved to `mpl_toolkits`
-or it's own project in the future.
+financial data.
 
+This module is deprecated in 2.0 and has been moved to a mpl_toolkit called
+`finance`.
 """
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function,
                         unicode_literals)
@@ -23,12 +22,18 @@
 
 from matplotlib import colors as mcolors, verbose, get_cachedir
 from matplotlib.dates import date2num
-from matplotlib.cbook import iterable, mkdirs
+from matplotlib.cbook import iterable, mkdirs, warn_deprecated
 from matplotlib.collections import LineCollection, PolyCollection
 from matplotlib.lines import Line2D, TICKLEFT, TICKRIGHT
 from matplotlib.patches import Rectangle
 from matplotlib.transforms import Affine2D
 
+warn_deprecated(
+    since=2.0,
+    message=("The finance module has been deprecated in mpl 2.0 and will "
+             "be removed in mpl 2.2. Please use the matplotlib toolkit "
+             "finance instead."))
+
 
 if six.PY3:
     import hashlib